MPEG This sequence zooms in on an optical image of the central region of The Antennae, then dissolves to a Chandra X-ray image of the multimillion-degree-gas clouds in this system. The image next dissolves to a sequence of images that shows hot gas clouds where the abundances of iron (red), magnesium (green), and silicon (blue) atoms are greatest. The final image is a composite of the three abundance maps. [Run time = 0:16 sec]


This movie is part of the collection: Chandra Space Telescope Collection

Producer: Credit: Optical Image: Digital Sky Survey X-ray and Element Maps: NASA/CXC/SAO/G. Fabbiano et al.

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